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Skeptic LLM

Checks, without seeing the pitch, whether the move is already in the price, and looks at the bigger picture.

Latest: said wait to 2 → no swing trade; closest was SYNA long, stopped at Skeptic (the Skeptic said wait)

PAPER Decision #4

Its last 4 meetings, newest first

  1. #4usable
  2. #3usable
  3. #2usable
  4. #11 of 4 replies unusable

✓ every reply usable · ✗ a reply could not be read (that idea is stopped)

Its job

It runs on the same model as the Scout and stays blind by its input: it sees only the ticker, the side, the cited items (the catalyst), a one-line factual claim and the fact card, never the Scout's thesis or levels. It answers pass, wait or reject; code turns a 'mostly priced in' pass into a wait. A weekly canary (a past event whose move was already in the price) checks that it still says no.

Kind
a language model; it never places an order
Prompt
prompts/skeptic.md in force: council-skeptic/v4 ef62bb6ea9a8

The swing book · the swing rules

Its numbers

Usable replies
10 of 11 calls
Calls by kind
11 paper
0 live · 0 rehearsal · in 4 meetings
Median time
4.9 s
per call

Failed calls

History

One entry per paper decision, newest first; the latest is open. Each idea links to its journey card on the decision page.

#4 · 2 Oct 2026, 18:40 UTC PAPER usable said wait to 2

Open decision #4 → · NO TRADE no swing trade; closest was SYNA long, stopped at Skeptic (the Skeptic said wait)

  • SYNA long said wait priced in: mostly
    • 8-K and EX-99.1 confirm amended merger: onsemi to acquire Synaptics for cash after a competing proposal, matching the claim.
    • Stock is already redacted (redacted) on the day, far above any reasonable chase limit, with no completed session since the news.
    • Sector XLK only redacted and index flat, so the move is stock-specific, not beta.
    • Short interest redacted of float and volume ratio redactedsuggest some crowding; stock is redacted below its 52-week high but redacted above…
  • ACN long said wait priced in: mostly
    • Earnings beat is real and new: N:0be067eb reports the FQ4 beat and rally; N:43174ede confirms the pre-open 10/01 release.
    • Move since the news close is redacted in one session on redacted volume — a volume climax, not an entry.
    • Move is stock-specific: move vs sector redactedvs NDX 0.31 and SPX 0.18, so it is not beta and is fully in the price.
    • Today the stock is already redacted (redacted) and live move since news (redacted) is far below the close move — the pop is fading.
    • No non-price fact beyond the move: fundamentals 106 days old, earnings not confirmed, short interest redacted — nothing the move does not contain.
#3 · 2 Oct 2026, 14:40 UTC PAPER usable said wait to 2

Open decision #3 → · NO TRADE no swing trade; closest was TSLA long, stopped at PM (the manager passed)

  • TSLA long said wait priced in: partly
    • 8-K Item 2.02 with EX-99.1 Q3 2026 production/deliveries release matches the claim; broker items confirm deliveries topped expectations.
    • Live move is already redacted today with no completed close since the news (move since the news (σ)=redacted), so the reaction is unconfirmed and near the chase…
    • Volume does not confirm the spike: last day's volume vs normal=redacted, below a normal session.
    • Move is stock-specific, not beta: spx/ndx/sector moves since news are 0 and move vs sector=redacted.
    • Crowding low: redacted below the 52-week high, short interest redacted of float, days to cover redacted.
  • FCX long said wait priced in: partly
    • Catalyst is a routine operational update: copper and gold production 'approximated expectations', no beat or raise; the 60koz gold deferral is a timing shift, not a positive.
    • Live move is already redacted (redacted) on the news day, with no completed close yet; entering now is chasing the reaction.
    • Move is stock-specific, not sector beta: XLB materials ETF was redacted (redacted) while FCX is up redacted.
    • Crowding is low: redacted short interest, redacted from 52w high, redacted off low, volume vs normal redacted(no climax).
#2 · 1 Oct 2026, 18:40 UTC PAPER usable passed 1, said wait to 1, rejected 1

Open decision #2 → · NO TRADE no swing trade; closest was NVCR long, stopped at Rules (too little trading volume)

  • NVCR long passed it priced in: no
    • 8-K EX-99.1 states Japan MHLW approved Optune Pax for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer, matching the claim exactly.
    • Approval is a hard, new regulatory catalyst; news age 0 sessions and filing age 0.24 days, so nothing is stale or restated.
    • Reaction is flat-to-slightly-against: close sigma redacted live redacted, move vs sector redacted so no chase and no stock-specific move against the long.
    • Crowding elevated: redacted short interest of float, redacted, volume vs normal redacted, but redacted below the 52-week high and redacted…
  • PLMK long said wait priced in: no
    • The 8-K/EX-99.1 does say convertible debt converts to equity at close and a new PIPE is planned, matching the claim.
    • It is a follow-up to a previously announced business combination, not a new hard catalyst like an earnings beat or approval.
    • No completed session since the news (news age redacted move since the news (σ) redacted); the live move is redacted against the long.
    • Volume ratio redactedon the news day with the stock near its 52-week high (redacted) is a possible climax; short interest is unknown.
  • LRHC long rejected it priced in: fully
    • The stock is down redacted (redacted) on the day of the news, a stock-specific move clearly against the long side.
    • No completed close since the news (news age=0), so there is no confirmation of the catalyst; the live reaction is adverse.
    • Weak fundamentals and downtrend: revenue redacted year on year, decelerating, 60-day return redacted, near 52-week low.
    • Sector and index flat over the window (XLF, SPX, NDX all redacted), so the drop is not beta — it is stock-specific.
#1 · 1 Oct 2026, 14:40 UTC PAPER 1 of 4 replies unusable passed 1, rejected 2, could not judge 1

Open decision #1 → · NO TRADE no swing trade; closest was NVCR long, stopped at Rules (too little trading volume)

  • NVCR long passed it priced in: no
    • 8-K EX-99.1 states Japan MHLW approved Optune Pax for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer, matching the claim exactly.
    • News is redacted sessions old and the stock has not moved: move since the news (σ) redacted live move only redacted, so nothing is priced in yet.
    • Index and sector are flat over the window (move vs sector redacted), so any move would be stock-specific, not beta.
    • Short interest redacted of float with redacted and crowding elevated; a squeeze tailwind, not a blocker.
    • Stock is redacted below its 52-week high and 20-day return is redacted, so the approval is a genuinely new fact against a weak tape.
  • MU long reply unusable
  • SINT long rejected it priced in: mostly
    • The 8-K preliminary Q3 revenue beat and reiterated Q4 guidance match the claim exactly, and a revenue beat supports a long.
    • Live move is redacted (redacted) against the long on the day of the beat, with volume redacted normal, a stock-specific rejection of the news.
    • Index and sector were only mildly negative (SPY redacted, QQQ redacted, XLV redacted), so the drop is not beta.
    • Stock had already run redacted in 20 sessions and redacted in 5 sessions into the print, so the beat was largely anticipated.
    • Short interest is low (redacted of float, redacted), so there is no squeeze fuel to offset the sell-off.
  • JBL long rejected it priced in: fully code: catalyst misread
    • The cited item is a pre-market earnings preview listing consensus expectations, not a report of results; the claim that Jabil 'reported' is not supported by the item.
    • The stock is down redacted on the close since the news and redacted live, with a redacted gap — a reaction clearly against a long.
    • Relative move of redacted versus NDX redacted and XLK redacted shows this is stock-specific, not sector or index beta.
    • Volume ratio redactedand trend down with 5-day return redacted indicate a climax move already fully expressed against the long side.